On Saturday morning, 22 January, delegates met in a closing plenary to hear reports
on the thematic segment and public forum, and adopt the
Hyogo Declaration and the programme outcome document "Building
the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters: Hyogo Framework for Action
2005-2015."

Above photo L-R: Rowena Hay, UMVOTO; Delegate
speaking on behalf of Laszlo Borbely, Minister delegate
for the Coordination of Public Works and Territory
Management, Government of Romania; and Alberto
Maturana,
Chile's National Emergency Office (ONEMI).

Above
photo: Main Committee Chair Marco Ferrari
(Switzerland) presented the report on the Main
Committee.

Above
photo: Natalie Burke, Permanent Mission of
Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva, read the Hyogo
Declaration, which the Conference subsequently adopted.

Conclusions of the
World Conference on Disaster Reduction:

In their closing remarks, delegates expressed appreciation and gratitude to the ISDR Secretariat, the Government of Japan and Prefecture of
Hyogo, WCDR President
Murata (Japan), and applauded the spirit of commitment shown by participants in taking steps towards reducing disaster
risk. Above photos L-R: Hadil Da Rocha-Vianna, Brazil's
Ministry of External Relations and El Sadiq Almagly,
Deputy Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United
Nations in Geneva, delivering closing remarks on behalf
of GRULAC and the African Group, respectively.